[@LeeRoy][quote]Oh yes, let's make the public FEEL safe instead of MAKING them safe.

A+ logic there, Iron Man. No, the only way it works is if either-

A: Every Hero and Villain simultaneously stop doing what they're doing, universally. Universally as in THE UNIVERSE. And lay down their arms. [/quote]

The public is only as safe as what's going on in their world, and even without super-powered beings, the world still doesn't feel safe given that a man with a nuke is just as dangerous to a highly populated area. Humanity always feels safer with clearly presented knowledge that they can accept with enough time: hiding facts is what causes people to get pissed, start questioning motives, and leads to events like the Civil War to begin with precisely because lack of knowledge = fear which leads to conflict.

[quote]B: If every Hero and Villain continue doing exactly as they're doing, because power attracts power. And the superhuman arms race is already in full swing.[/quote]

This only causes more panic. Create a big enough threat that is constant enough to make headlines, and people will start hiding inside their homes, at which point civilization starts decelerating as a whole, making it easier for super-villains to come in and take over amidst the chaos.

[quote]A is impossible, because that would require a level of divine intervention that would be so much of a lazy deus ex machina that it'd be the worst selling story in history.[/quote]

If every hero and supervillain stopped doing what they're doing there wouldn't need for any intervention at all.

[quote]B is basically whats' actually going on. Other than collateral damage, most of the Superhuman antics are pretty self contained, it's the humans that try to interact with them that cause the problems.[/quote]

If they were self-contained, the Civil War wouldn't have happened, because its very premise was grounded on the fact that too much damage was being caused by the Avengers, which spurred Stark into taking the actions that he did.